Comments on: Obligatory Dennis Prager Post

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 19:07:55 +0000

Dennis Prager misspoke when he said “he should not be allowed to do so.” He has made many public clairifications about this point, but this blog is still using an old quote. Mr. Prager ment to say that he should not use the Koran, not that there should be a law against it. Siteing the constitution in your favor does not invalidate his point becaure he agrees that there should be no law.

By: Bee

Bee — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:06:01 +0000

Just wondering, regarding comment under picture of Dennis Prager ,”the seat cushion smelled like pastrami farts”, if Mr. Prager had been of African-American descent, would the seat cushions have smelled like watermelon or fried-chicken farts? Just want to know if you are as much of a racists as you are an anti-semite. Thanks.

By: Brian Westley

Brian Westley — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 20:09:46 +0000

“I’d kinda like to see somebody be sworn into office on This Is
Spinal Tap, but I’m willing to accept that it may just be me.”

OUR bill of rights go all the way up to eleven!

By: Patkin

Patkin — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:13:22 +0000

On the Buffy train.

I still hold a soft spot for Adam, mostly because his season was the one to introduce Riley, who I, even as a dispassionately heterosexual guy, would like to sleep with. Mm.

But in terms of best villains, it’s a tossup between the Mayor and the Master. On one hand, the Mayor was smarmy, understated, and always had something that almost made it look like he was an alright guy, but then he’d have something going on behind the scenes to make you hate him again. Perfect politician.

On the other hand, Needermeyer in full-out vamp makeup. And let’s be honest, the guy seemed imposing despite living in one spot the entire season. He was the first Big Bad, and I think the Big Bad all future Big Bads had to be measured by.

By: g

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:11:50 +0000

Um…..it’s all very fun to think about what book we’d swear in on if we were elected to Congress (me, I’m torn between “A Confederacy of Dunces” and “The Secret Garden) — but according to Think Progress:

http://thinkprogress.org/2006/11/30/koran-bible-prager-ellison/

“the swearing-in ceremony for the House of Representatives never includes a religious book. The Office of the House Clerk confirmed to ThinkProgress that the swearing-in ceremony consists only of the Members raising their right hands and swearing to uphold the Constitution. The Clerk spokesperson said neither the Christian Bible, nor any other religious text, had ever been used in an official capacity during the ceremony. (Occassionally, Members pose for symbolic photo-ops with their hand on a Bible.)”

NEVER. INCLUDES. A. RELIGIOUS. BOOK.

So not only is Prager wrong via the Constitution, he’s also just factually WRONG. No one has every been sworn in to the House of Representatives using a Bible.

Of course, I suppose if Ellison said he’d use the Koran, I guess he was factually wrong, too.

By: cowalker

cowalker — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:43:06 +0000

Demogenes Aristophanes: “Me, Iâ€™d swear on â€œFlashman at the Chargeâ€? (IMHO, the best of the lot).”

Oooh. That one was very good. But what about “Flashman in the Great Game” and “Flashman and the Redskins”?

You know what this atheist would really like to swear on? George Meredith’s “The Egoist.” What an unblinking take on human nature.

By: Dan Someone

Dan Someone — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:23:08 +0000

I’m with Mikey on the Elvis Cole stuff, but really, after the cleverness of the original The Monkey’s Raincoat, the rest had nowhere to go but down. I enjoyed them, but they lacked the freshness of the first.

Anyway, I would like to be sworn in on Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time for the Xbox.

By: Woodrowfan

Woodrowfan — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 03:21:33 +0000

thanks Marq. Sheesh. People mixing up their Buffy seasons.

and the Mayor rocked, though Adam had his creepy moments…

By: Steve T.

Steve T. — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 01:45:21 +0000

MrWonderful, I read that passage of the debate about six times, unable to believe that this supposedly intelligent guy Prager could possibly be that thick. I finally had to admit that he is. Harris, responding to Prager, graciously conceded that “belief in God” might be beneficial to a society at some stages of development, whether or not God exists. The point being that “God” and “belief in God” are two seperate things. After all, even atheists concede that “belief in God” unquestionably exists. And Prager simply didn’t get it. He could not see the distinction. Wow.

It also helps Prager’s argument immensely when he can tacitly redefine “wise” as “agreeing with me.”

By: MrWonderful

MrWonderful — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:16:47 +0000

thedarkbackward–

Reading Prager’s email “debate” with Sam Harris was like reading a pompous, stupid, and dishonest person’s email debate with Sam Harris. Favorite moment: When Harris said that even if a ‘belief in God’ were necessary to the survival of society, it wouldn’t mean that God exists, and Prager (with disingenuous wonder) claimed that that was obviously absurd.

Oh, and that religious people were overwhelmingly more “wise” than atheists.

You can’t make this stuff up.

By: Herr Doktor Bimler

Herr Doktor Bimler — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:08:08 +0000

37. Let your â€˜Yesâ€™ mean â€˜Yes,â€™ and your â€˜Noâ€™ mean â€˜No.â€™ Anything more is from the evil one.
I was brought up to understand that line as a divine sanction for binary numbers.

By: Duros62

Duros62 — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 22:21:47 +0000

Does someone actually pay this guy to write? Are there no editors or factcheckers who will stand up and say “You can’t print that, it’s blatantly false.”?

gahhh

By: Sadly, No! » It’s Gone Way Past ‘Civil Inconvenience’

Sadly, No! » It’s Gone Way Past ‘Civil Inconvenience’ — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 19:52:44 +0000

[...] WASHINGTON, D.C. â€” President George W. Bush has named Dennis Prager of Van Nuys, CA, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, the governing body of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. The Council consists of 55 Presidential appointees in addition to… [...]

By: "Fair and Balanced" Dave

"Fair and Balanced" Dave — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:39:53 +0000

If DVDâ€™s are acceptable, can I swear on Season 1 of Battlestar Galactica?

Can I swear on Tricia Helfer? ;-)

By: mikey

mikey — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:49:37 +0000

ACG has described my position on buffy precisely, except I still ultimately have the hots for glory, teh hottest goddess EVAH….

mikey

By: Hate Encrusted Eyes

Hate Encrusted Eyes — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 16:36:29 +0000

Edmund Schluessel said,
November 30, 2006 at 3:24
I want Bernie Sanders to take his oath on the Communist Manifesto.

I nearly peed my pants laughing when I read this.
Seriously, what did Joe Lieberman sware his oath on?

By: ACG

ACG — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 15:34:56 +0000

Glory was awesome, but unfortunately, her appearance coincided with the spontaneous generation of the most obnoxious “little sister” character ever to grace the WB. I’m convinced that the show never would have switched networks without that turd of a sudden inclusion.

I still favor the Mayor as the Best Villain Evar. He was just so smarmy and understated.

By: Marq

Marq — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:49:01 +0000

Oh, and as far as Buffy and the Big Bads/Season go…
*ahem*

Season 1-The Master
Season 2-Spike, Drusilla, and Angelus (!)
Season 3-Mayor Wilkins and Faith the Vampire Slayer
Season 4-Adam
Season 5-Glory
Season 6-The Nerds of Doom and Dark Willow
Season 7-Preacher Caleb,Ãœbervampires, and The First Evil

By: Mat

Mat — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 11:20:59 +0000

Y’know, if I was elected to office or called up to testify tomorrow and they brought that book up to me, all I’d have to do is say ‘d00d, no, I R t3h Quaker’* and they’d be all ‘Oh, our bad, Sir. Would you like a martini with your affirmation?’ Then I’d put my hand up, affirm instead of swearing, not throw in the ‘So help me skyfairy’ and swig my martini and we’d all be good.**

But having someone say the exact same oath with their hand on another book, man, we can’t have that.

* Kind of true. I was raised Quaker, it’s what I still default to if I think about religion.
**Some of this may just be my pleasant fantasy. Though I have to say, for one of my fantasies, I notice a distinct lack of Julian Casablancas.

By: Marq

Marq — Thu, 30 Nov 2006 09:34:56 +0000

No, no, no, everybody! There’s only one text that’s appropriate to swear politicos in on–The Stupids Die.